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On her first date with Clarke Daniel Adams, Carrie Kelly Seim intentionally wore a shiny bracelet. “It was a really unusual studded silver bracelet that I’d purchased at a bazaar in Oman,” she said. “It sounds silly, but I swear many men are drawn to shiny things.” What she didn’t intend on was losing it.
Mr. Adams and Ms. Seim had matched on the League dating app in May 2017. After they messaged one another, he suggested a first date at the Library Bar at the NoMad Hotel, now known as the Ned NoMad, in Manhattan’s NoMad neighborhood. “He didn’t know it was one of my favorites,” Ms. Seim said.
Ms. Seim appreciated that Mr. Adams was asking her questions, “which doesn’t always happen,” she said. “He is genuinely interested in women’s thoughts and ideas and likes interesting, strong women.”
The ease of conversation struck Mr. Adams, too. “We were able to talk instantly about a variety of subjects effortlessly for two hours,” he said.
At the end of the evening, as Mr. Adams was walking Ms. Seim out of the restaurant, she realized that the shiny bracelet she had worn — which, alas, he doesn’t recall noticing — was gone.
When she told Mr. Adams it was missing, he “crawled under the tables and found it,” she said.
The two went on several more dates in the early summer months of 2017 when their work and travel schedules allowed. But they kept up “quite the texting rapport,” Ms. Seim said.
Three months into dating, their relationship took a turn. “We had been on four or five dates and everything seemed to be going well,” Ms. Seim said. Then she received a text from him in mid-August: He said he was dealing with some family issues and couldn’t date anyone. “I was really shocked and disappointed,” she said, but added that she earnestly wished him well.
Ms. Seim, 47, who is from Bellevue, Neb., has written children’s novels like “Horse Girl” (Penguin Random House), which is currently being developed for television with producing partner Zosia Mamet, the Audible Original series “The Flying Flamingo Sisters” and the upcoming “Horse Camp: A Horse Girl Mystery.” She is also a freelance television writer; a freelance journalist (who has written for The New York Times); and an actor who has appeared on “Inside Amy Schumer” and many TV commercials. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University and a master’s degree from Northwestern University, both in journalism.
Mr. Adams, 54, is a managing director and head of high-yield capital markets for the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. He has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Franklin & Marshall College and a graduate degree in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He grew up in South Plainfield, N.J., and Chadds Ford, Pa.
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